A good list of Humanist organizations: Humanism Online: A quick index to web resources on humanismhttp://www.geocities.ws/Athens/7693/organizations.html
Rational Universal Church of the Philippines:
http://www.geocities.ws/cathcongphil/
Rational Universal
Church of the Philippines Group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cathcongphil
Universists of
Albay Province homepage is at http://www.geocities.ws/cathcongphil/universists.html
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Apathetic Agnostic
Church of Bicol A church for all Agnostics, Rationalists, Unitarians, Freethinkers,
Pantheists, Humanists, Universalists, Nontheists, Atheists and other free
spirits in the Bicol Region of the Philippines.
Bicol Agnostics
Discussion Group A bulletin board and discussion group for all Agnostics, Rationalists,
Unitarians, Freethinkers, Pantheists, Humanists, Universalists, Nontheists,
Atheists and other free spirits in the Bicol Region of the Philippines.
Universal Church Triumphant of the
Apathetic Agnostic. The International Headquarters of the Apathetic Agnostic movement.
"We don't know [if there is a god] and we don't care" is the slogan
of this group.
Unitarian Universalist Association The Unitarian-Universalist
Church believes in ethical, responsible behavior based on rational thought.
American Humanist Association.
A leading voice
in the struggle for freedom of religion and conscience in America.
World Pantheist Movement. Scientific Pantheism is the
belief that God is the totality of existence, the Universe and its order,
Nature itself.
Universism, United Universists: http://www.universist.org/
Spiritual Humanism. We can solve the problems of
society using a religion based on reason. http://www.spiritualhumanism.org/
Oversoul. The Oversoul
was Ralph Waldo Emerson's name for the Universal Spirit or Universal
Presence. Oversoul is a religion based
on this concept. This is a form of Spiritual Pantheism akin to the
Polynesian-Melanesian concept of Mana or the Native American Great Spirit.
Freethought
Ring A
Webring with 521 sites for Freethinkers, those who wish to think for
themselves, not accept authority as infallible.
Religion Without
Revelation - Julian Huxley An argument that Humanism is a religion, based on the writings of
Julian Huxley.
Tribute to Corliss B LaMont. This site includes a link to
download the entire text of "Philosophy of Humanism".
Bertrand Russell's
Writings. This
includes his famous 1927 book, Why I Am Not A Christian.
Philippine
Freethinkers Forum. A Philippine group which is part of the Freethought movement.
Philippine
Nontheists Group. A Philippine group for all who reject the traditional personal god of
Theists.
Philippine Pantheism. The website of a Philippine
group for all who believe that the Universe, Nature or a universal spiritual
force (Laon or Mana) are worthy of reverence. God is not the creator of the
universe, the Universe is God.
Philippine Pantheism
Group. A
Philippine group for all who believe that the Universe, Nature or a universal
spiritual force (Laon or Mana) are worthy of reverence. God is not the creator
of the universe, the Universe is God.
Open
Directory Agnostic Links. Links to many sites on Agnosticism.
Open
Directory Pantheist Links. Links to many sites on Pantheism.
Personal
Religious Identifications. Under constant questioning from "jailhouse preachers" (drug
dealing pimps, mostly) while I was the librarian in a county jail, I finally
wrote out a list of religions which I admire and identify with, at least in
some aspects. The irony of their trying to save my soul escaped them, but they
did greatly reinforce my rejection of their salvation by faith belief.
Salvation by
Faith. Bible
based refutation of salvation by faith alone.
The Voice
in the Wilderness. All four Gospels state that John the Baptist was 'The Voice in the
Wilderness' foretold by Isaiah. What did Isaiah really say?
The
Divinity of Jesus. Was Jesus really "God the Son?"
Denominations
Differ in Ascertaining Truth. Description of some denominations, mostly Christian
or Liberal faiths, classifying them by the means they use to decide what to
believe.
Rationalist
International: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rationalist/
The
Baha'i Faith: http://www.bahai.org/ The
Baha'i Faith is a revealed religion which believes in the teachings of
prophets, Baha'ullah, The Bab, Mohammed, Jesus, Abraham, Moses, Zoroaster,
Gautama Siddhartha (the Buddha), and Krishna. Since they believe in the
revelation of these prophets, they are not Rationalists or Freethinkers. On the other hand, since one of their
primary twelve social teachings is "Individual Investigation of the
Truth", they are close. As the
only revealed religion teaching the complete equality of men and women, they
hold a special position of respect from Rationalists.
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Orthodox,
Old Catholic and Anglican Communions
The Old Catholic movement is a collection of churches which have separated from the Church of Rome since the time of the Protestant Reformation. The Roman Catholic Church separated from the Orthodox Church in 1054 C.E. when the patriarch of Rome rejected the authority of the council of patriarchs (Constantinople, Antioch, Jerusalem, Alexandria and Rome) and the chair of the council, the Patriarch of Constantinople, and declared himself head of his own church, taking the title of Pope. (Note that the Roman Catholic Church is far from the oldest Christian church, as it so frequently claims. The Orthodox Church is a thousand years older, and the Roman church was part of the Orthodox church for over half of its history.) Since that time, the Pope has led the church into many divergent practices and errors, such as Papal Infallibility, celibacy for the priesthood, and the immaculate conception of Mary. The Old Catholics have sought to restore the church to its original beliefs and practices and correct the obvious errors of the Roman Catholic Church. Most Old Catholics are in communion with the Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands, headed by the archbishop of Utrecht, and with the Anglican (Episcopalian) and Orthodox Churches.
Old
Catholic Church of the Netherlands: http://www.okkn.nl
For Old Catholic beliefs and history, see:
http://members.tripod.com/Old_Catholic/history.html
Old
Catholic Church of America: http://www.oldcatholic.org/
Old Catholic Church of the United States: http://www.oldcatholic.com/
International
Synod of Old Catholic Churches (ISOCC)
Links
to many Old Catholic sites: http://www.tboyle.net/Catholicism/Cath_Links_Non-Cath.html
In
the Philippines, The Philippine Independent Church (Iglesia Filipina Independiente) is
the local Old Catholic Church. The
movement of rebelling against the exploitation and oppression of the Church of
Rome was begun by José Rizal, but did not become a separate church with its own
priests until Gregorio Aglipay broke with the Roman Catholic Church soon after
the Americans occupied the country and removed the Spanish government. The Philippine Independent Church has been a
major force in Philippine religion since that time, it has established
communion with both the Anglican Church (Episcopal Church of America) and the
Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands.
Iglesia
Filipina Independiente:
http://www.geocities.ws/Athens/Aegean/3083/IFI.htm
Philippine
Independent Church: http://ifi.dpinoyweb.com/
Anglican Communion Web Site: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/
Anglican Communion:The Episcopal Church in the Philippines
http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/province.cfm?ID=P2
The Episcopal Church in the Philippines:
http://www.geocities.ws/maochiph/Episcopal_Church_Phils.html
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